3354 The Zoologist — January, 1873. 



in M. Milne-Edward's figures, the tail in our specimen not nearly 

 reaching the hocks, and, though of somewhat different form, being 

 really little, if any, longer than that of the fallow deer and some of 

 the American deer (such as Cervus virginianus). The muffle of 

 Elaphurus, as M. Milne-Edwards has already stated, is quite naked 

 and moist, as in the true Cervi. The lachrymal sinus is small, and 

 the eye also remarkably small. The muzzle is terminated by a 

 good many straggling bristles, as in C. Duvaucelli. The insides of 

 the ears in this deer are very closely filled with dense hairs. 

 1 cannot ascertain positively whether the usual gland on the outer 

 side of the metatarsus is present or not in this deer; but it is 

 certainly not very highly developed. On the whole, I find no 

 character to lake this species out of the genus Cervus as I think 

 it ought to be understood. The Elaphurc is no doubt very distinct 

 in the form of its horns from any other described species of the 

 genus, and should be placed in a section by itself, just as Rusa, 

 Axis, Hyelaphus, and the numerous other (so-called) genera of some 

 authors. Those who regard these subordinate groups as generic 

 will likewise use Elaphurus as a genus. To me its nearest ally 

 seems to be perhaps the Barasingha {C. duvaucelli), which has 

 likewise a long muzzle terminated with outstanding hairs, and 

 rather long expanding toes. Like the Barasingha, the Elaphure 

 is in all probability an inhabitant of marshes and wet grounds. 

 Mr. Swinhoe informs me that the young Cervus Davidianus is 

 spotted with white like other true Cervi at its birth, and retains the 

 spotted dress about three months, when these markings gradually 

 disappear. 



Ornitholoyical Notes from Norfolk. 

 By Henry Stevenson, and J. H. Gurney, jini., Esqrs. 



(ContiDued from Zool. S. S. 3320.) 



October. 



Redlegged Partridge.— k young redlegged partridge, with white 

 or whitish wings, was shot near here on the 7lh, but being unfor- 

 tunately absent when it was brought to my house I did not see 

 it.— G. 



Marsh Harrier. — An immature male, with yellow head, was shot 

 at Hickling on the 12th. (See Gunn, Zool. S. S. 3323.) 



